Luke Chadwick knows it might just be wishful thinking. But still he harbours the reasonable hope that things will be different once we blink our way back into the wider world.
'Maybe we can all be a bit kinder to each other,' he says. 'It has been a very difficult time for everyone, this pandemic, and we have all been through it. If any good comes out the other side, maybe people will have nicer words for each other.'
It is a warm thought from a warm-natured man, and one that would benefit any corner of society, not least those where you find the boiling madness of football.